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Circular polarisation (CP)

Circular polarisation of an electromagnetic wave is a polarisation where the tip of the electric field vector, at a fixed point in space, describes a circle as time progresses. If the wave is frozen in time the electric field vectors describe a helix along the direction of propagation. Circular polarisation is a limiting case of the more general condition of elliptical polarization.

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